Stirring apparatus.



'No. 772,701: v J.S.DEALI STIRRING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1904.

NO MODEL.

PATENTEDYOKGTA18,},1904.

A 4 AA A & JIIIIIIIIIW "Hill" a INVENTOH Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFicE.

JOHN s. DEAL, or MONROE, Wiscons n.

STIRRING APPARATUS.

i Application filed February 15,1904.

in the cheese-kettle and arranged to allow of moving the kettle over or off thefire without interruption of the stirring process.

The inventionconsists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corre-.

, sponding parts in both views.

Figure l is a perspective view of theim provement, part of the kettle being broken out; and Fig. Qis a plan view of the same, kettle and stirrer being omitted.

The kettle A is hung on the horizontal member B of a crane B of any approved construction, having its vertical member B journaled in suitable bearings arranged in the building in which the apparatus is located. Into the kettle A. extends the usual stirrer C, having its shaft C journaled at the upper end in suitable bearings in the horizontal member B of the crane, so that when the shaft is turned the stirrer G is caused to swing around in'the kettle to agitate the material contained therein.

On the upperend of the shaft C is secured a sprocket-wheel D, connected by a sprocket-' chain D with a sprocket-wheel D attached to a vertical shaft E, journaled in suitable bearings carried by the crane B. On the shaft E is also secured a bevel gear-wheel F, in mesh with a bevel gear-wheel F, secured at one end of a horizontally-disposed shaft F journaled adjacent to the bevel gear-wheel F in a suitable bearing Gr, mounted to swing loosely on the shaft E. The other end of the the SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 772,701, dated October 18, 1904.

Serial No. 193,650. (No model.)

a shaft F is mounted to slide in and to turn with' a sleeve H, connected .by a universal joint I with one end of acounter'shaft J, journaled in suitable bearings attached ,to supports in the building, and on the said counter-shaft J are secured fast and loose pulleys K, connected by belt with other machinery.

The counter-shaft and pulleys, as'illustrated,

are stationary relatively to the kettle and stirrer, which have the independent swinging movement of translation previously described.

l/Vhen the counter-shaft J is rotated, the

universal joint I imparts a rotary motion to the sleeve H,Jwhich in turn rotates'the shaft F so that the gear-wheels F and E rotate the vertical "shaft E, and the latter, by the sprocket-wheels Diand D and the sprocketchain D, imparts a rotary motion to the stirrer-shaft O to move the stirrer C around in the ke'ttle A.

By having the kettle mounted on the crane B it is evident that the kettle can be swung overrthe fire'for heatingthe kettle and its contents, and when desired the kettle can be swung off the fire by-turning the crane B correspondingly; but .in either of the two positions of the kettle the stirrer C can be kept revolving within the kettle, owing to the gearing described, as the bearing Gr, shaft F sleeve H, and universal joint I allow aswinging motion of. the crane -B without causing cessation of the rotation of the shaft G as longxas the counter-shaft J, is kept in'motion. It is understood thatwhen the craneB is swung from one position to the other the shaft F slides in the sleeve H, but is still turned by the latter, and the bearing G swings freely construction, can be cheaply'manufactured, Y

and is arranged to allow of moving the kettle onto or off the fire withoutinterruption of the stirring. v

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenk- 1. The combination with a kettle, of a stirrer operating therein, a movablesupport for a stirrer in the kettle, a swinging support for the kettle, to move the latter over or from the fire, and a driving device for driving the stirrer in the kettle, arranged to drive the stirrer in any position the kettle may be in, the said driving device consisting of a gearing on the said support, connected with the shaft of the said stirrer, a counter-shaft, and a selladjusting connection between the said countershaft and the said gearing, as set forth.

5. A stirring apparatus comprising a kettle, a stirrer in the kettle, a swinging support for the kettle, to move the latter over or from the fire, and a driving device for driving the stirrer in the kettle, arranged to drive the stirrer in any position the kettle may be in, the said driving device consisting of a gearing on the said support, connected with the shaft of the said stirrer, a counter-shaft, a sleeve mounted to slide on and to turn with the shaft of the said gearing and a universal joint connecting the said sleeve with the said countershaft, as set forth.

In testimony whereof]. have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two so hscribing witnesses.

JOHN S. DEAL.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES T. Mm'ruALnR, Louis Hume. 

